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http://www.businessinsider.com/why-didnt-police-intervene-in-durham-before-arresting-protesters-2017-8People are asking why North Carolina police watched protesters vandalize a statue, then arrested them for ithttp://www.businessinsider.com/why-didnt-police-intervene-in-durham-before-arresting-protesters-2017-8
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:17:00 -0400Milicent Cranor
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5992418ab0e0b5db008b4f35-1335/screen%20shot%202017-08-14%20at%2081409%20pm.png" alt="durham statue" data-mce-source="Twitter/Derrick Lewis">On August 14, in Durham NC, something </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/us/confederate-statue-pulled-down-north-carolina-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>strange happened</span></a><span> that does not make sense to me.</span></p>
<p><span>A demonstrator protester climbed up on the statue of a Confederate soldier, tied a rope around his neck, gave a signal, and her fellow protesters pulled until the statue came crashing down. Then several other protesters converged on the statue, viciously, exuberantly, kicking it again and again.</span></p>
<p><span>This was done under the watchful eyes of law enforcement — who were filming every moment of the incident. </span><span>As </span><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/14/confederate-statue-toppled-in-north-carolina-during-protest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>Fox News</span></a><span> reported, “At no time did officers with the Durham Police Department or deputies with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office intervene… according to multiple media reports.”</span></p>
<p><span>At first I thought, how nice. The police are allowing the crowd to let off steam. After what happened in Charlottesville, the participants needed a catharsis, and this one seemed harmless enough, especially since such statues will probably be brought down anyway. So the police seemed to be indulging them.</span></p>
<p><span>And yesterday morning, Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews seemed to confirm this impression. He </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DurhamCountySheriffsOffice/posts/1427698367267397" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>said</span></a> <em><span>“Collectively, we decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority.”</span></em></p>
<p><span>When police are said to have used restraint, it suggests they restrained themselves from using excessive force. But in this case, it seems the police weren’t using any force at all.</span></p>
<p><span>Could the crowd have assumed this non-reaction amounted to tacit permission? </span></p>
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<p><span>The Durham Police Department </span><a href="http://durhamnc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=987" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>said later</span></a><span> that they monitored the protests, but made no arrests because it is the county Sheriff’s Office that has jurisdiction over county landmarks. Then the sheriff went on to say something I found chilling:</span></p>
<p><em><span>“With the help of video captured at the scene, my investigators are working to identify those responsible for the removal and vandalism of the statue.”</span></em></p>
<p><span>But had the police called to the woman as she began her climb up the statue and ordered her to get down, the whole incident could likely have been prevented. </span></p>
<p><span>Now I wondered whether this was a trap. Encourage them to misbehave, get it on film, then make arrests.</span></p>
<p><span>But what would be the motive? Hatred on the part of southern white police officers for those they perceive as lefties? Not impossible. After all, </span><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/05/28/north-carolina-tried-make-jim-crow-great/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>North Carolina</span></a><span> is ranked </span><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article167336327.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>11th in the nation</span></a><span> in number of hate groups. </span></p>
<p><span>Then a nasty idea crawled into my mind. It’s probably nonsense, but it won’t go away: Is it possible that a few good ‘ol boys in key law enforcement positions have been quietly instructed to give Donald Trump a hand </span><span>—</span><span> and gather visual evidence suggesting such protesters are as violent as he claims? (The beat cops on stand-by would not necessarily be told why.)</span></p>
<p><span>Trump has been saying that films prove both sides are to blame for the tragedy in Charlottesville, but he’s been having a hard time selling that idea. Could this be what’s behind the “restraint?” </span></p>
<p><span>Perhaps not. One can think of a range of explanations, some more benign.</span></p>
<p><span>But we live in dangerous times — and a little proactive consideration of worst-case scenarios seems advisable. To see a few such examples, please go </span><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2014/06/17/fbi-sat-back-while-snitch-directed-cyber-attacks-and-potentially-entrapped-others/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>here</span></a><span>, <a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2013/06/27/fbi-document-deleted-plots-to-kill-occupy-leaders-if-deemed-necessary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>, </span><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2015/11/16/fbi-uses-counter-terrorism-authority-to-infiltrate-and-surveil-peaceful-protests-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>here</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2013/07/09/whytv-the-fbi-blacks-and-cointelpro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>here</span></a><span>, and </span><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/2012/05/21/i-spy-an-occupy-obamas-dhs-surveils-legit-protesters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-now-have-an-ethical-obligation-to-quit-trumps-party-2017-8" >Republicans now have an ethical obligation to quit Trump's party</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-didnt-police-intervene-in-durham-before-arresting-protesters-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-7-people-arya-stark-kill-list-game-of-thrones-hbo-deaths-prayer-2017-8">Here's everyone left on Arya Stark's kill list on 'Game of Thrones'</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/woman-suing-police-after-for-roadside-strip-search-for-marijuana-2017-8'Rape by cop': A woman is suing police after she says they 'penetrated' her during roadside strip-search for marijuanahttp://www.businessinsider.com/woman-suing-police-after-for-roadside-strip-search-for-marijuana-2017-8
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:00:01 -0400Jeremy Berke
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/599490bab0e0b566458b529a-528/screen shot 2017-08-16 at 23500 pm.png" alt="Charneshia Corley" data-mce-source="Samuel Cammack" data-mce-caption="A screenshot of dash cam footage of Harris County police officers searching 23-year old Charneshia Corley." data-link="http://www.yourhoustoncriminallawyers.com/body-cavity-search" /></p><p></p>
<p>A Texas woman is suing police after she was subjected to a roadside strip-search for marijuana following a traffic stop.</p>
<p><span>Attorney Samuel Cammack filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Harris County, Texas police department on behalf of Charnesia Corley, 23, over a 2015 traffic stop in which Cammack said Corley had her constitutional rights violated after police&nbsp;conducted a&nbsp;warrantless body cavity search in which an officer "penetrated her vagina," reports <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-for-woman-suing-Harris-County-over-2015-11817477.php">The Houston Chronicle</a>.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>The Harris County district attorney's office dropped criminal charges against the two officers who conducted the search earlier in August, though Cammack has asked for a special prosecutor to be appointed in the case.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>Cammack <a href="http://www.yourhoustoncriminallawyers.com/body-cavity-search">released a dash cam video</a> of the incident on Monday, telling <a href="http://www.fox26houston.com/news/local-news/273392586-story">a local news affiliate it was an 11-minute "rape by cop</a>."</span></p>
<p><span>Corley &mdash; who was initially pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign in June 2015 &mdash; was detained by the officers after they "smelled marijuana" in her car.&nbsp;</span><span>The officers then called for a female officer to perform a search after the officers said they found 0.02 ounces, or slightly more than half a gram, of marijuana in her car. </span></p>
<p><span>When the female officer arrived, after Corley waited approximately an hour-and-a-half, she told Corley to remove her pants so she could perform a "visual strip search," according to the suit. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>After Corley refused, the officers "forcibly threw Ms. Corley to the ground,&nbsp;while she was still handcuffed, pinned her down with her legs spread apart, threatened to break her legs, and without consent penetrated her vagina in a purported search for marijuana," according to the suit.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/599491f8b0e0b5712b8b53ca-1898/screen shot 2017-08-16 at 24058 pm.png" alt="Charneshia Corley" data-mce-source="Screenshot/ CNN" data-mce-caption="Charneshia Corley appears on CNN in June 2015." data-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_n0zArdv4c" /></span></p>
<p><span>"She pulled my pants down, and then told me to bend over," Corley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_n0zArdv4c">told CNN in 2015</a>. "So, you know, I kind of hesitated... so I bent over, and she proceeded to stick her fingers in me."&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span></span><span></span>Corley was charged with possession of marijuana and resisting arrest, though the charges were later dropped. It's not clear from the video &mdash; as the search is partially obscured by the vehicle's door &mdash; whether or not the officers penetrated Corley, or whether or not they found marijuana.</p>
<p><span>An attorney for one of the two officers named in the civil suit,&nbsp;Robin McIlhenny, told The Houston Chronicle that Corley was "never penetrated," and "never inappropriately handled."</span></p>
<p><span>Ed Gonzalez, the Harris County Sheriff, released a statement on Monday regarding the civil suit.</span></p>
<p><span>"I understand and respect the community's concerns regarding the parking lot search of a female suspect during a June 2015 traffic stop," Gonzalez said. "I want to be emphatically clear that today's Harris County Sheriff's Office is fully committed to ensuring that every resident of our community is treated with dignity and respect, even if they are suspected of committing a crime."</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/charlottesvilles-synagogue-president-scene-white-nationalists-neo-nazis-2017-8" >'Sieg Heil' and assault rifles: The president of Charlottesville's synagogue described a harrowing scene outside the temple</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/woman-suing-police-after-for-roadside-strip-search-for-marijuana-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joshua-green-devils-bargain-chris-christie-trump-election-night-germaphobe-cell-phone-2017-7">Chris Christie ruined his relationship with Trump because the president is a germaphobe</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-say-they-were-victims-of-police-in-charlottesville-2017-8White supremacists are casting themselves as police victims in the wake of Charlottesvillehttp://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-say-they-were-victims-of-police-in-charlottesville-2017-8
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:02:05 -0400Natasha Bertrand
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/599017815124c939196d810a-800/virginia-police-fbi-probe-deadly-violence-at-white-nationalist-rally-2017-8.jpg" alt="A white supremacist grabs a counter protesters' sign during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts" data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="A white supremacist grabs a counter protesters' sign during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia" /></p><p></p>
<p>White supremacists and white nationalists are casting themselves as police victims in the wake of the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, accusing law enforcement of doing nothing to protect them from anti-fascist counterprotesters.</p>
<p>"They refused to police areas that should have been policed," white nationalist Richard Spencer, who is credited with founding the "alt-right" movement, told reporters from his home on Monday.</p>
<p>"I have never felt like the government or the police are against me," Spencer said. "I always believe that if I do something wrong, I&rsquo;ll be punished, but if I&rsquo;m in the right, they are going to protect me. There's never been a situation in my life where I&rsquo;ve questioned that &mdash; until Saturday."</p>
<p>Spencer was more equivocal, however, when asked whether he had new sympathy for Black Lives Matter activists who say they are profiled and subject to rampant police brutality.</p>
<p>"There might be a problem among the right of too much of a knee-jerk 'We back the boys in blue,' 'blue lives matter' type thing," Spencer said, referring to pro-police movements. "We probably should be more skeptical."</p>
<p>But he said that while it was one thing to say that the Charlottesville police "behaved in a totally reckless manner" last weekend, it was another thing to suggest that there is "a nationwide institutional manhunt among police against black people."</p>
<p>Three people died amid the protests. A 32-year-old counterprotester was struck by a car, and two state police officers who were monitoring the riots were killed&nbsp;when their helicopter crashed.</p>
<p>Spencer's condemnations of the police echoed those of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-jason-kessler-unite-the-right-charlottesville-2017-8">Jason Kessler</a>, the white supremacist who organized the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and has been tweeting relentlessly about what he characterizes as a negligent police response.</p>
<p>"Cops were given stand-down orders to allow violence to shut down rally," <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMadDimension/status/897145972706467840">Kessler wrote</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/59920fe2f1a850c02a8b4acc-1024/gettyimages-830755846.jpg" alt="charlottesville richard spencer" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 12: White nationalist Richard Spencer (C) and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Emancipation Park after the 'Unite the Right' rally was declared an unlawful gathering August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' clashed with anti-fascist protesters and police as they attempted to hold a rally in Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed." data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/830755846" /></p>
<p>Tim Gionet, the alt-right white nationalist better known as Baked Alaska, retweeted several of Spencer's complaints about how the police had "failed."</p>
<p>The far-right media outlet <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/13/alt-right-activists-condemn-violence-dispute-mainstream-account/">Breitbart News</a> seized on a <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/police-stood-by-as-mayhem-mounted-in-charlottesville">ProPublica report</a> that said the Virginia State Police and National Guard troops "watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters." Breitbart emphasized ProPublica as being left-leaning.</p>
<p>Kessler also retweeted several statements from the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, <a href="https://twitter.com/ACLUVA/status/897174089709826048">which wrote </a>on Monday that Charlottesville's policing over the&nbsp;weekend "was not effective in preventing violence."</p>
<p>To be sure, the Charlottesville police response has been roundly criticized on both sides.</p>
<p>On the right, the police's "wait-and-see" approach was perceived as a conspiracy: Cops allowed violence to break out so they would have an excuse to shut down the rally. That claim was bolstered by Virginia's ACLU chapter, which tweeted that the police stood "passively by, seemingly waiting for violence to take place, so that they'd have grounds to declare 'unlawful assembly.'"</p>
<p>At the same time, those on the left viewed the laissez-faire response as an example of the police's willingness to treat far-right extremists with kid gloves.</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/59920bb6b0e0b525008b4e35-2400/gettyimages-830762776.jpg" alt="Charlottesville" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Battle lines form between white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' and anti-fascist counter-protesters at the entrance to Emancipation Park during the 'Unite the Right' rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed." data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/830762776" /></p>
<p>"Police in Charlottesville had the same military equipment we saw in Baltimore and Ferguson," <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/897184221059534848">MSNBC host</a> Joy-Ann Reid wrote. "They just chose not to use them."</p>
<p>"White supremacists actually pushed the police line in Charlottesville &amp; the police just stood there," Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mckesson <a href="https://twitter.com/deray/status/896793918259556354">tweeted</a>.</p>
<p>Chief Al Thomas of the Charlottesville Police Department on Monday said it was "simply not true" that officers had been told to stand down. But he acknowledged that the police force was "spread thin once the crowds dispersed" and that he had "regrets" about the way the protests were handled.</p>
<p>Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia also acknowledged that the police were reluctant to engage &mdash; but <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/virginia-gov-mcauliffe-defends-charlottesville-police-better-semiautomatic-guns-white-nationalists-2017-8">only because they were largely outgunned</a> by far-right militias.</p>
<p>"It's easy to criticize, but I can tell you this: Eighty percent of the people here had semiautomatic weapons," McAuliffe told The New York Times on Sunday.</p>
<p>"You saw the militia walking down the street, you would have thought they were an army ... I was just talking to the State Police upstairs; [the militia members] had better equipment than our State Police had," McAuliffe said. "And yet not a shot was fired, zero property damage."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/white-supremacists-say-they-were-victims-of-police-in-charlottesville-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-white-house-gut-renovated-truman-renovation-2017-1">The White House is undergoing renovations — here's how it changed after a massive facelift in the 1950s</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/hahahaha-love-this-police-officer-mocking-charlottesville-violence-2017-8-2Massachusetts police officer on fatal crash in Charlottesville: 'Hahahaha love this'http://www.businessinsider.com/hahahaha-love-this-police-officer-mocking-charlottesville-violence-2017-8-2
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:10:00 -0400
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/598fa021f1a85012028b482b-2400/ap17224676991707.jpg" alt="charlottesville virginia car crash" data-mce-source="Associated Press/Steve Helber"></p><p>SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts — A Massachusetts police department is investigating a Facebook comment by an officer who wrote "Hahahaha love this" in response to a story about a car <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/car-hits-counter-protesters-charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally-2017-8">crashing into counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally</a> in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/charlottesville">Charlottesville</a>, Virginia, killing one person and injuring at least 19 others.</p>
<p>Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri said he received a complaint about the comment Sunday and opened an internal investigation.</p>
<p>Officer Conrad Lariviere wrote in response to the violence: "Hahahaha love this, maybe people shouldn't block road ways."</p>
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<p>In a <a href="http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/springfield_police_officer_mocks_charlottesville_victims.html#incart_2box">Facebook interview with Masslive.com</a>, Lariviere said he's a "good man who made a stupid comment."</p>
<p>"Never would I want someone to get murdered," he told MassLive. "I am not a racist and don't believe in what any of those protesters are doing."</p>
<p>Democratic Mayor Domenic Sarno released a statement on Lariviere's comments Sunday night.</p>
<p>"I just got done issuing a statement this morning on how upsetting the tragic incidents were in Charlottesville, Virginia and one of our own officers does this? Unbelievable! There is no place for this in our society, let alone from a Springfield police officer," Sarno said. "I stand by and commend Commissioner John Barbieri's steps for a thorough internal investigation and review by our Community Police Hearing Board to pursue the appropriate discipline against said officer."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-james-fields-charlottesville-attacker-2017-8">An Ohio man</a> is charged with second-degree murder and other counts over the crash.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-second-statement-kkk-neo-nazis-charlottesville-2017-8" >After initially failing to explicitly condemn white supremacists in Charlottesville, Trump denounces KKK, neo-Nazis as 'repugnant'</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>DON'T MISS:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-james-fields-charlottesville-attacker-2017-8" >Here's what we know about James Fields, the 20-year-old accused of mowing down protesters in Charlottesville</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hahahaha-love-this-police-officer-mocking-charlottesville-violence-2017-8-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-condemns-racism-neo-nazi-kkk-protest-charlottesville-virginia-white-house-politics-alt-right-2017-8">'Racism is evil': Trump condemns white supremacist groups after deadly protests in Charlottesville</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/europols-most-wanted-in-europe-list-2017-8From a murderer who escaped custody on a motorbike to a criminal who got a hair transplant, these are the most dangerous fugitives in Europehttp://www.businessinsider.com/europols-most-wanted-in-europe-list-2017-8
Sun, 13 Aug 2017 04:13:00 -0400Kieran Corcoran
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<p>Europe's police agency has announced a new list of its most wanted fugitives, in the hope of flushing them out over the summer holidays.</p>
<p>Europol, an umbrella body which coordinates various police forces around the continent, named 21 runaways accused of crimes ranging from child sex offence and murder&nbsp;to armed robbery.</p>
<p>The men were chosen from the agency's larger "<a href="https://eumostwanted.eu/summercampaign">EU most wanted</a>" list, which currently features 66 people.</p>
<p>Europol <a href="https://eumostwanted.eu/summercampaign">wrote a mocking vacation "postcard" to each man</a>, expressing how eager they are to see them again after so long.</p>
<p>Business Insider analysed the entries and selected the 10 of most serious charge sheets&nbsp;on the list:</p><h3>AUSTRIA: Murder suspect who escaped custody on a motorbike.</h3>
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<p><p>Tibor Foco, 61, a former motorbike racing champion, has been on the run for 22 years. His mugshot&nbsp;is a computer-enhanced image which attempts to show how he may have aged since escaping.</p>
<p>He was convicted in the mid-1980s for murdering a prostitute, whom he allegedly shot in the head with a revolver, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjmj6WnhsjVAhXpI8AKHTuiBIgQFggmMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interpol.int%2FMedia%2FFiles%2FCrime-areas%2FFugitives%2FOperation-Infra-Red%2FWanted-Person-Infra-Red%2FFOCO-Tibor-Theodore&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2llMKP8pPevQQaWBMkFPQXmVQXQ">according to Interpol</a>. He served almost a decade in prison for the crime.</p>
<p>Foco's case was reopened, and during that time he was&nbsp;allowed to visit the University of Linz to study. During one visit he escaped, apparently with help. Police say a rented motorbike, a change of clothes, and food had been left for him in a toilet block.</p>
<p>Austrian authorities <a href="http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/bk/_fahndung/_result.aspx?b=MOST%20WANTED&amp;p=&amp;o=0&amp;f=34589D692C1443E281A753D7FECD81C0&amp;w=1">are offering a&nbsp;&euro;2,900 reward</a>&nbsp;(&pound;2,600 / $3,400) for information leading to his capture.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>ITALY: Neapolitan gangster who started a blood feud.</h3>
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<p><p>Marco di Lauro, 37, is part of the Camorra crime syndicate in Naples.</p>
<p>He is wanted on a slew of Mafia-like charges, including murder, arson, drugs trafficking, racketeering, and extortion.</p>
<p><a href="https://eumostwanted.eu/#/di-lauro-marco">Europol said</a> he help start a bloody gang war with a rival organisation in the early 2000s, which became known as the&nbsp;"secondigliano feud."</p>
<p>He has been on Italy's most wanted list since 2005. He has been sentenced to at least 11 years in prison.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>SWEDEN: Neo-Nazi murder suspect.</h3>
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<p><p>Simon Rolf Arnamo, 26, a neo-Nazi, is wanted over a murder in 2012.</p>
<p>His alleged victim, Joakim Karlsson, was found stabbed to death outside a supermarket in Stockholm, <a href="http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/polisens-nya-spar-efter-efterlyste-nazisten/">according to the Swedish Expressen newspaper</a>.</p>
<p>Europol says he is a member of far-right group The Swedish Resistance Movement.</p>
<p>One person, a 17-year-old, was sentenced over the killing in 2013, but Arnamo has managed to stay one step ahead of the authorities.</p>
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Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:32:21 -0400Joe Daunt and David Ibekwe
<div><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndianaUniversityPoliceAcademy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indiana University Police Academy</a> has rolled out a hilarious "chicken test"&nbsp;for the cadets on campus.<br /><br />The aim of the game is to try and keep a straight face, despite having a rubber chicken in your face. When squeezed, the chicken also makes a funny noise which makes the challenge even more difficult.<br /><br />The test is a bit of fun to challenge a cadet's&nbsp;"demeanor, focus, and sense of humour."</span></div>
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Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:31:07 -0400Alexandra Ma
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<p>Police have arrested a man suspected to be the <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/jogger-push-woman-london-red-bus-putney-bridge-city-2017-8">jogger who appeared to push a woman in front of a London bus</a>.</p>
<p>A 41-year-old man was arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, <a href="http://news.met.police.uk/news/update-arrest-made-in-relation-to-putney-bridge-254417">the Metropolitan Police said in a statement</a>.</p>
<p>The incident, which took place in May, saw a man push a 33-year-old woman in front of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge.</p>
<p>According to Thursday's police statement, the bus stopped and some passengers got off to help the victim.</p>
<p>Police had appealed for the man to come forward to speak with them after publishing CCTV footage of the incident.</p>
<p>It is unclear whether the man handed himself in voluntarily, but police said that officers "received a good response from the appeal."</p>
<p>The man remains in custody in a south London police station.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/putney-bridge-arrest-made-in-relation-to-case-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/annoying-resume-mistakes-buzzwords-grammar-typos-experience-careers-strategy-jobs-interview-application-employer-2017-7">A former HR exec who reviewed over 40,000 résumés says these 7 résumé mistakes annoy her</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-wwii-vet-murdered-in-his-pajamas-in-crime-ridden-us-city-2017-8A 97 year-old World War II veteran was beaten to death in Baltimorehttp://www.businessinsider.com/afp-wwii-vet-murdered-in-his-pajamas-in-crime-ridden-us-city-2017-8
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57c467c5b996eb7a018b4fd5-2400/ap16223078727330.jpg" alt="baltimore police officer" data-mce-source="Associated Press/Patrick Semansky" data-mce-caption="In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Baltimore Police Department Officer Jordan Distance stands on a street corner during a foot patrol in Baltimore." /></p><p>Washington (AFP) - A 97 year-old World War II veteran has become the oldest homicide victim in crime-ridden Baltimore after he was beaten to death in his pajamas for refusing to leave his home.</p>
<p>Wadell Tate was killed on July 21 by burglars inside the rowhouse he had owned for six decades, the Washington Post reported in its Wednesday edition.</p>
<p>Baltimore, a port city about an hour northeast of the US capital, has seen 211 people killed this year, according to city figures.</p>
<p>"They took away his right to die on his own," Tate's 65 year-old daughter Sylvia Swann told the Post.</p>
<p>Baltimore, a city of 2.8 million, is troubled by drug use, poverty and racial segregation problems.</p>
<p>In 2016 violent crime in Baltimore was up 22 percent and murders up 78 percent, according to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.</p>
<p>Over the weekend activists called for a 72-hour ceasefire, and held rallies and vigils. Nevertheless two people were killed.</p>
<p>There is little trust between residents and the police as Baltimore struggles with the aftermath of rioting in 2015 following the death in police custody of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.</p>
<p>City police came under scathing criticism after the death of Gray, who suffered a severed spine while being transported in the back of a police van with his hands and feet bound.</p>
<p>In April a federal judge approved a consent decree requiring the Baltimore police to implement sweeping reforms.</p>
<p>The Baltimore city government and police agreed on the decree last year, but the administration of President Donald Trump, promising to empower police to crack down on crime, has sought to delay and modify it.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-cops-video-leaked-footage-dropped-cases-2017-8" >The leaked Baltimore police video has killed their ‘credibility' and led to an avalanche of dropped cases</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:37:00 -0400Margaret Stafford
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/57e980f9077dcc67208b72f9-2400/gettyimages-524310122.jpg" alt="police tape chicago crime" data-mce-source="Getty Images/Joshua Lott" data-mce-caption="Chicago Police crime tape is displayed at the scene where a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed and another 18-year-old man was shot and wounded on the 7300 block of South Sangamon Street on April 25, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois." /></p><p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) &mdash; A man charged in the shooting death of a western Missouri police officer has been arrested after an alert driver provided a tip that the fugitive was wandering within miles of where the killing took place, a law enforcement official said.</p>
<p>The driver reported seeing Ian McCarthy walking along a state highway near Bucksaw Marina, just east of Clinton, and he was arrested without incident late Tuesday, Sgt. Bill Lowe of the Missouri Highway Patrol said at a news conference later that night.</p>
<p>The arrest ended a two-day manhunt that after 37-year-old Clinton police officer Gary Michael was shot to death during a traffic stop Sunday night in Clinton, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Kansas City.</p>
<p>Michael and McCarthy had exchanged gunfire before the officer died and the driver fled. Lowe said McCarthy, 39, was suffering from a gunshot wound when a patrol trooper arrested him. Lowe declined to provide specifics about the gunshot wound except to say "Officer Michael was heroic to the end."</p>
<p>McCarthy was taken to a Kansas City area hospital for treatment and then was taken into custody at the Henry County jail.</p>
<p>"We're just extremely thankful to the citizens of Henry County and citizens of Clinton that continued to give us tips and information. Without that, we may still be looking for him," Lowe said.</p>
<p>McCarthy was not armed when he was arrested. Investigators will continue to look for the weapon used in Michael's shooting and try to determine a motive, Lowe said.</p>
<p>McCarthy is also wanted in New Hampshire, where a warrant was issued in 2013 when he failed to show up for sentencing on a disorderly conduct charge, according to court records in that state. He served about four years in prison there for first-degree assault and a parole violation. He also is wanted on a warrant out of Johnson County, Missouri, in 2015 for unlawful possession of a firearm.</p>
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<p>Lowe said earlier Tuesday that it was possible that those outstanding warrants prompted McCarthy to shoot Michael to avoid arrest. He also could have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or not in his right mind for some reason, Lowe said.</p>
<p>About 100 local, county and state law enforcement officers were involved in the search for McCarthy. Investigators believe McCarthy jumped from his vehicle and shot Michael, before driving a short distance, crashing his vehicle and fleeing on foot.</p>
<p>Authorities earlier Tuesday converged on a home in Chilhowee, Missouri, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Clinton after receiving a tip that McCarthy might be hiding there, but that tip did not pan out, Lowe said.</p>
<p>"It's a relief for us that he's in custody but it's with extreme sadness it was a result of Officer Michael losing his life," said Lowe Tuesday night. "There's no words we can say or express to his family, how sorry we are, but we hope this gives them some closure in this."</p>
<p>Michael, who had been on the force less than a year, was the first police officer killed in the line of duty in Clinton, a town of just 9,000 people. He was a military police officer overseas for about five years before returning to the Kansas City area. He decided in his 30s to become a police officer and served in Appleton City for a short time before joining the force in Clinton.</p>
<p>Survivors include his wife, three children and a grandchild. His brother, Chris Michael, told reporters that Gary had always wanted to serve.</p>
<p>"My brother was a light to the world," Chris Michael said. "One man's bad decision took that light from the world. He was a husband, he was a father, he was a brother and he did all of them pretty darn good."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-missouri-officer-killed-during-traffic-stop-man-sought-2017-8" >Manhunt underway after Missouri police officer killed during a traffic stop</a></strong></p>
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<p>CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a 39-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday.</p>
<p>Clinton police officer Gary Michael, 37, who had been on the force less than a year, died late Sunday near Clinton, about 75 miles southeast of Kansas City, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said. The traffic stop involved a registration violation, Lowe said.</p>
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<p>The vehicle stopped was registered to Ian McCarthy of Clinton. Lowe said Monday that McCarthy is suspected in the killing. The driver fired at Michael, who was able to return fire, then he drove away but crashed and fled on foot, Lowe said. It was not clear if the driver was shot or injured in the crash.</p>
<p>Officers searched a house Monday morning where McCarthy was thought to be, but he was not there. Lowe said authorities believe he is still on foot somewhere in the Clinton area.</p>
<p>Court records indicate McCarthy pleaded guilty in November 2013 in Missouri to a misdemeanor driving without a valid license. In July 2015, he was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Court records don't indicate the outcome of that case.</p>
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<p>Michael was a lifelong resident of Clinton and leaves behind a wife and stepsons.</p>
<p>"In a small community, the police department is very tight-knit, so it's obviously devastating for the family and also for the police department," Lowe said. "(Michael) was heroic right to the end. He was protecting his community."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-missouri-officer-killed-during-traffic-stop-man-sought-2017-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazon-warehouse-prime-now-2017-7">Amazon has an oddly efficient way of storing stuff in its warehouses</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-cops-video-leaked-footage-dropped-cases-2017-8The leaked Baltimore police video has killed their ‘credibility' and led to an avalanche of dropped caseshttp://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-cops-video-leaked-footage-dropped-cases-2017-8
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:48:24 -0400Veronika Bondarenko
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/59761d9c5d8a2f25008b4902-1267/screen shot 2017-07-24 at 121615 pm.png" alt="Body Cameras" data-mce-source="YouTube Screengrab (The Washington Post)" data-mce-caption="Body camera footage showed an officer moving a bag of weed into a food can." /></p><p>Video footage of a cop appearing to plant drug evidence at a crime scene has led to the dismissal of dozens of other criminal cases in Baltimore.</p>
<p>Last month, a body camera video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-video-appears-to-show-baltimore-police-planting-drugs-public-defender-2017-7">surfaced in the media</a>, showing&nbsp;<span>a police officer putting a bag with pills into a can and then covering it up with debris as two other officers watched.</span></p>
<p><span>Richard Pinheiro, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/20/body-cam-video-allegedly-shows-baltimore-cop-planting-drugs-crime-scene/494856001/">identified by public defenders</a> as the officer in the video,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/body-camera-cop-drug-footage-prompts-review-baltimore-2017-7">has since been suspended</a> while the two others were placed on administrative duty until the investigation concludes.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>Baltimore's State Attorney's&nbsp;Office has also launched an investigation into the specific video along with over a hundred other cases involving one of the three officers.</span></p>
<p><span>By August 2, state attorneys <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/baltimore-drugs-police-dismissed.html">dismissed 41 cases</a>&nbsp;involving drug-related felonies and weapon possession&nbsp;that would have relied solely on&nbsp;testimony from one of the three officers. The New York Times reports that 27 cases have been allowed to go forward while 55 others are still under review.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>According to the New York Times, police officers' body cameras include footage 30 seconds before the officer hits the record button &mdash; a fact of which the officers may not have been aware at the time.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;The credibility of those officers has now been directly called into question," Baltimore's state&nbsp;attorney&nbsp;Marilyn J. Mosby said&nbsp;at a news conference last week.</span></p>
<p><span>While Baltimore&rsquo;s police commissioner Kevin Davis said the footage was "as serious as it gets," the police department also said that they were also looking into whether officers found the bag earlier and tried to reenact how it happened for the camera.</span></p>
<p><span>"This is kind of a learning and a trial period, right?" Mosby said at the conference. "All of the body-worn cameras haven&rsquo;t even been implemented, and I think that we&rsquo;re going to go through growing pains."</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/body-camera-cop-drug-footage-prompts-review-baltimore-2017-7" >Baltimore is reviewing 100 cases after video leaks appearing to show police planting drug evidence</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:56:18 -0400Kieran Corcoran
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/597f4575aa2234152852dde5-2400/gettyimages-671151708.jpg" alt="Metropolitan Police" data-mce-source="Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Metropolitan Police officers parade at their training centre in north London" /></p><p></p>
<p>The biggest police force in Britain has sacked an officer who tested positive for cannabis.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police dismissed Lee Colbridge, a constable based in north London, after he failed a test.</p>
<p>An investigation found that he was three times over the limit deemed by drugs testers to allow him to work safely.</p>
<p>A Met spokesman could not say whether Colbridge had been investigating crimes while under the influence of cannabis.</p>
<p>The test was carried out in November 2016, <a href="http://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-after-he-tested-positive-for-cannabis-253128">according to a police statement</a>. At a hearing on Thursday, Colbridge was found guilty of gross misconduct and fired on the spot.</p>
<p>Officials said Colbridge had a "good history" as a police officer, but that the offence was so serious that he had to be dismissed.</p>
<p>Colbridge admitted that he was a cannabis user, but only once it became obvious that he was about the be tested, the police said.</p>
<p>Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who made the dismissal ruling, said: "The breach of standards is so serious he cannot remain an officer despite his good history."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/police-sacked-officer-cannabis-work-2017-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-watch-solar-eclipse-without-special-glasses-tips-tricks-2017-8">Here's the best way to watch the solar eclipse if you don't have special glasses</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-police-disrupt-plot-in-australia-to-bring-down-an-airplane-2017-7Police disrupted a plot in Australia to 'bring down an airplane'http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-police-disrupt-plot-in-australia-to-bring-down-an-airplane-2017-7
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:49:00 -0400Rod Mcguirk
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/597d10bc4528e621008b5961-2000/2017-07-29t114254z1lynxmped6s092rtroptp4australia-security-raids.jpg" alt="police terror plot sydney australia" data-mce-source="Reuters/David Gray" data-mce-caption="Police stand on a street that has been blocked to the public after Australian counter-terrorism police arrested four people in raids late on Saturday across several Sydney suburbs in Australia, July 29, 2017." /></p><p>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) &mdash; Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men on Saturday in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said on Sunday.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The increased security measures had been extended to all major international and domestic terminals around Australia overnight.</p>
<p>"I can report last night that there has been a major joint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane," Turnbull told reporters. "The operation is continuing."</p>
<p>Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colivn said details were scant on the specifics of the attack, the location and timing.</p>
<p>"In recent days, law enforcement has been become aware of information that suggested some people in Sydney were planning to commit a terrorist attack using an improvised devise," Colvin said.</p>
<p>"We are investigating information indicating the aviation industry was potentially a target of that attack," he added.</p>
<p>Turnbull advised travelers in Australia to arrive at Australian airports earlier than usual &mdash; two hours before departure &mdash; to allow for extra security screening and to minimize carry-on baggage.</p>
<p>Justice Minister Michael Keenan said the plot was the 13th significant threat disrupted by police since Australia's terrorist threat level was elevated in 2014. Five plots have been executed.</p>
<p>"The primary threat to Australia still remains lone actors, but the events overnight remind us that there is still the ability for people to have sophisticated plots and sophisticated attacks still remain a real threat," Keenan said." In light of this information, it's very important that everyone in Australia remains vigilant."</p>
<p>The operation was carried out by the Australian Federal Police, the New South Wales state police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the country's main domestic spy agency. The investigation could continue for days, Colvin said.</p>
<p>Seven Network television reported that 40 riot squad officers wearing gas masks stormed an inner-Sydney house before an explosives team found a suspicious device.</p>
<p>A woman led from a raid by police with her head covered told Nine Network Television: "I love Australia."</p>
<p>None of the four suspects arrested in five raids had been charged, police said.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-police-disrupt-plot-in-australia-to-bring-down-an-airplane-2017-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-law-enforcement-americans-have-their-backs-2017-7Trump tells law-enforcement Americans have their backs, 'not like the old days'http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-law-enforcement-americans-have-their-backs-2017-7
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:27:00 -0400Melissa Quinn
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/597b9cf34528e667038b4904-2400/ap17209682206104.jpg" alt="trump police law enforcement" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Evan Vucci" data-mce-caption="President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking to law enforcement officials on the street gang MS-13, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Brentwood, N.Y." data-link="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Trump/51f9d425cdd64698ade4a2eac57ff135/18/0" /></p><p>President Trump took a shot at former President Barack Obama in a speech before federal, state, and local law enforcement Friday, and said unlike the "old days," the American people have their backs.</p>
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<p>"We have your backs. Believe me, we have your backs, 100 percent. Not like the old days," Trump said during a speech at Suffolk County Community College on Friday.</p>
<p>"When you want to take over used military equipment, they were saying you couldn't do it. You know what I said? That was my first day, you can do it," Trump said, referencing the Pentagon's 1033 Program. "In fact, that stuff is disappearing so fast, we have none left. You really knew how to get that. But that's my honor, and I'll tell you what, it's being put to good use."</p>
<p>Trump spoke with members of law enforcement about MS-13, a violent international gang that has been linked to a surge of violence on Long Island.</p>
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Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:15:52 -0400Allan Smith
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/597b87aab50ab12a008b57a6-2400/rtx3dc2d.jpg" alt="Donald Trump" data-mce-source="Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Donald Trump."></p><p>President Donald Trump appeared to advocate for tougher police conduct during a speech to law enforcement officials in Brentwood, New York on Friday.</p>
<p>Trump took a moment during the speech, which was focused on the administration's efforts to destroy the street gang MS-13, to let the law enforcement officers know he is okay with them being rougher while apprehending violent suspects.</p>
<p>After saying that his administration is speedily ridding the country of "criminal cartels" (although he added that "we'd like to get them out a lot faster"), he launched into an unscripted rant related to how cops put suspects into the back of police vehicles.</p>
<p>"When you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough," Trump said. "I said, 'please don't be too nice.'"</p>
<p>"Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over. Like, 'don't hit their head' and they've just killed somebody," Trump said. "'Don't hit their head.' I said, 'you can take the hand away.' OK?"</p>
<p>The cops standing behind Trump gave a loud round of applause.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash">#Trump</a> on arrestees: "Like don't hit their head and they just killed somebody ... You can take the hand away. OK?" <a href="https://t.co/WtCRPezmB2">pic.twitter.com/WtCRPezmB2</a></p>— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffreyGuterman/status/891007978245160960">July 28, 2017</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-cops-not-to-be-too-nice-while-arresting-thugs-2017-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-white-house-gut-renovated-truman-renovation-2017-1">The White House is undergoing renovations — here's how it changed after a massive facelift in the 1950s</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-police-launch-right-wing-extremism-simulator-which-ends-in-murder-2017-7British police made this right-wing extremism simulator which ends in you murdering somebodyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/uk-police-launch-right-wing-extremism-simulator-which-ends-in-murder-2017-7
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:40:21 -0400Kieran Corcoran
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5979fb8a56152c497d26a589-996/screen shot 2017-07-27 at 141508.png" alt="CrossTheLine" data-mce-source="Bedfordshire Police" /></p><p></p>
<p>A British police force has published an online narrative which simulates what it's like to descend into right-wing extremism &mdash; and&nbsp;ends in you killing somebody.</p>
<p>Cross The Line, a project by Bedfordshire Police, is designed to deter young people in Britain from committing hate crimes by warning them how seemingly innocuous activities can lead to more sinister outcomes.</p>
<p>The web page, <a href="https://www.crosstheline.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hosted at crosstheline.co.uk</a>, asks to pull data from your Twitter account, then&nbsp;uses elements like your profile picture and your handle to&nbsp;make the narrative more realistic.</p>
<p>Business Insider tried out the app, which launched on Wednesday.&nbsp;Here's what it was like:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p><h3>It starts with a simulated notification on your phone, showing news that the jobs market is bad for young people.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>The app pulls your details to show you sharing the story on Twitter (they call it Chirper, but you get the drift).</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>You then look for something to do, and end up going to a combat class in your local gym.</h3>
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Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:07:00 -0400Anders Hagstrom
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5979216ab50ab11c008b4654-2400/rtx3bue0.jpg" alt="justine Damond minneapolis police shooting" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Adam Bettcher" data-mce-caption="Memorials on the alleyway for Justine Damond who was shot by a Minneapolis police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., July 17, 2017." data-link="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZWFS40KT&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1679&amp;RH=869#/SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZWFS40KT&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1679&amp;RH=869&amp;POPUPPN=7&amp;POPUPIID=2C0BF1SC0D0D0" /></p><p>Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo ordered police officers to turn on their body cameras when responding to any call Wednesday.</p>
<p>Arradondo made the announcement following uproar from a series of police misconduct complaints.&nbsp;<a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/17/minneapolis-police-kill-australian-woman-who-called-911-to-report-assault/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Justine Damond</a>&nbsp;was shot by a police officer responding to her own call July 15, and in June, former officer&nbsp;<span>Jeronimo Yanez</span>&nbsp;was acquitted in the shooting of&nbsp;<a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/10/ex-cop-who-fatally-shot-philando-castile-gets-over-48000-pay-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Philando Castile</a>&nbsp;during a routine traffic stop in 2016 in a suburb of Saint Paul, the Star Tribune&nbsp;<a href="http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-mayor-announcing-changes-for-police-body-cameras/436730873/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported Wednesday.</a></p>
<p>&ldquo;We are not passing judgment on a single officer, nor are we looking at a single event; we are responding to our communities and to recent ongoing assessment,&rdquo; Arradondo said in a news conference. &ldquo;This policy enhancement has been in process for a few months now and many officers are using their cameras a lot and as they&rsquo;re intended to be used. But there are some officers who are not using them nearly enough.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Previous policy largely left it up to the officers to turn on their cameras. Yanez neglected to turn on his body camera during his encounter with Castile, forfeiting information that would have been crucial to the the jury&rsquo;s decision in his case. Mohamed Noor, the officer who shot Damond, didn&rsquo;t activate his camera either.</p>
<p>&ldquo;What good is a camera if it is not being used when it may be needed the most?&rdquo; Arradondo said&nbsp;</p>
<p>Arradando has only led the Minneapolis police for less than a week, as former chief Jane&eacute; Harteau resigned Friday amid furious protest against police misconduct.</p>
<p>The department is facing another protracted legal battle with Damond&rsquo;s family, who has hired&nbsp;<a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/20/family-of-minneapolis-police-shooting-victim-hires-philando-castile-lawyer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the same attorney</a>&nbsp;who represented Castile&rsquo;s family.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We need to build and regain our community&rsquo;s trust,&rdquo; Arradondo said. &ldquo;That is my charge and I&rsquo;ve expressed that to all of our officers; that body worn cameras are a tool. It&rsquo;s not everything but it&rsquo;s a tool. As I&rsquo;ve told officers, we give them equipment to do their jobs. The one thing we cannot equip them with is the benefit of the doubt.&rdquo;</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fake-street-signs-mocking-easily-startled-police-pop-up-in-minneapolis-2017-7" >Fake street signs mocking 'easily startled' police pop up in Minneapolis</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:37:37 -0400
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5976b80e5d8a2f24008b4e67-389/0810042055892sign07241745723198.jpeg" alt="police officer sign" data-mce-source="Erin Adler, Star Tribune" data-mce-caption="A sign mocking the police in the Twin Cities of Minnesota." data-link="http://www.startribune.com/fake-street-signs-warn-of-easily-startled-police/436208463/" /></p><p></p>
<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; The fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked the posting of at least two fake street signs warning people of "easily startled" officers.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://strib.mn/2tDmGh3">Star Tribune</a> reports one sign was spotted in Minneapolis and another in St. Paul over the weekend.</p>
<p>The official-looking orange metal signs read: "WARNING: TWIN CITIES POLICE EASILY STARTLED." The signs have a picture of an officer with a gun in each raised hand, shooting in both directions.</p>
<p>Justine Damond was unarmed when she was killed behind her home on July 15, after she called 911 to report a possible rape.</p>
<p>The officer who shot Damond has declined to be interviewed. The other responding officer says Damond approached the officers' police cruiser shortly after he heard a loud sound.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-seattle-police-shooting-african-american-woman-charleena-lyles-2017-6" >Seattle released audio of the fatal police shooting of Charleena Lyles — here's what we know</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:40:13 -0400Veronika Bondarenko
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53f374caecad04f567f3ec12-2400/ferguson-cops-1.jpg" alt="Ferguson Cops" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" data-mce-caption="Police officers react to the movements of a rowdy group of demonstrators during protests in reaction to the shooting of Michael Brown near Ferguson, Missouri August 18, 2014. " /></p><p>To test just how easy it is for cops to get high-tech&nbsp;military equipment, a government agency asked for more than $1.2 million in weapons by pretending to be a fake law enforcement agency &mdash; and got it, according to <a href="https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-17-532">a report</a> published last week.</p>
<p>The Government Accountability Office,&nbsp;the agency tasked with overseeing government abuse, made up a fictitious agency website and address to ask the Department of Defense for more than a million dollars in military equipment.</p>
<p>They received the equipment, which included&nbsp;night-vision goggles,&nbsp;<span>M-16A2 rifles and pipe bomb equipment, from a military warehouse in less than a week.</span></p>
<p><span>"They never did any verification, like visit our &lsquo;location,&rsquo; and most of it was by email,&rdquo; Zina Merritt, director of the GAO&rsquo;s defense capabilities and management team, <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/07/21/how-fake-cops-got-1-2-million-in-real-weapons#.7MDRIDMV3">told The Marshall Project</a>. &ldquo;It was like getting stuff off of eBay."</span></p>
<p><span>After receiving the weapons, the GAO recommended more tightly regulating transfer of military equipment and conducting a risk assesment test in order to prevent real-life fraud.</span></p>
<p><span>The DoD agreed to better monitor transfer of equipment by physically visiting the location of the agency and conducting a fraud assessment in 2018, according to the report. </span></p>
<p><span>But Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, told the Marshall Project that cases of possible fraud should not be used as a knock against the program.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>"It suggests only that the U.S. military is one of the world&rsquo;s largest bureaucracies and as such is going to have some lapses in material control," he said.<br /></span></p>
<p><span>GAO's investigation into the transfer of military equipment came after public outrage over the equipment carried by Ferguson police during protests over the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, according to TMP.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/body-camera-cop-drug-footage-prompts-review-baltimore-2017-7" >Baltimore is reviewing 100 cases after video leaks appearing to show police planting drug evidence</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:56:38 -0400David Anderson
<p><a href="http://www.otsaw.com/">OTSAW Digital</a> has created a self-driving car that patrols streets and can launch a surveillance drone. The machines will arrive in Dubai by the end of 2017. By 2030, Dubai wants robots to make up 25% of their police force.</p>
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